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California People and Company News, Week of Nov. 6, 2026
- Colliers has added industrial professionals Greg Lewis, Andy Irwin and Ryan Spradling, who have joined its San Diego brokerage as EVPs Joining Colliers from JLL, the team brings more than six decades of combined experience and a longstanding track record advising industrial occupiers, institutional owners, developers and investors throughout San Diego.
- LTC Properties, Inc., a REIT specializing in seniors housing and healthcare properties, appointed Eric Clark as SVP, corporate finance and investor relations, a newly created position. Clark will lead and manage LTC’s capital markets, financial forecasting and investor relations functions. He joins LTC from BTIG, where he served as managing director, investment banking focused on capital markets and mergers and acquisitions.
- PML LLC, a NYC-based strategic advisory and project management firm, has appointed Jeff Carlisle VP of its West Coast operations. Carlisle brings significant local, national and international experience with a proven track record in a wide variety of building sectors.
- For 2026, the CREDA SoCal UCLA vs. USC Real Estate Challenge Honorary Coaches will be Richard Ziman, co-founder and founding chairman of Rexford Industrial Realty, and Wilbur H. “Wil” Smith III, owner, CEO, and president of Greenlaw Partners. The student teams, which are currently tied at 14 wins apiece, will be competing for the coveted Silver Shovel.
- HBA Los Angeles, the flagship studio of the global hospitality design firm, has added Gianpiero Gaglione as principal. A respected designer and creative leader with more than 20 years of international experience, Gaglione joins HBA Los Angeles following more than six years of running his eponymous design practice.
- HomeRise’s board of directors has appointed Ancel Romero, CPM, NAHP-E, FHC, as CEO. Romero is a former HomeRise board member who has spent more than two decades leading affordable housing property management. He will lead the wind-down HomeRise announced on Oct.1.
- The Kleinfelder Group, Inc., a leading engineering, design, construction management, construction materials inspection and testing, and environmental professional services firm, appointed Galen Cooter as SVP and health and safety director. Cooter brings more than 20 years of safety leadership experience, most recently as VP of safety, health, and environment at AECOM.
- Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc., a public non-traded REIT sponsored by an affiliate of SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc., completed its merger with Strategic Storage Growth Trust III, Inc., a private REIT also sponsored by a SmartStop affiliate. The all-stock transaction, which values SSGT III’s real estate portfolio at approximately $500 million, unites two SmartStop-sponsored REITs into a single, significantly larger company with more than $1 billion in total assets.
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